Nature in ornament; an enquiry into the natural element in ornamental design & a survey of the ornamental treatment of natural forms (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 436
y Signorelli, knowledge ofthe human figure.In seeking orna-mental lines, thoseof the humanfigure came natu-rally to him, andhe was so familiarwith every turn ofit that it was easyfor him to bend itabsolutely to hispurpose — whichpurpose was orna-ment. It is sel-dom indeed thata master of thefigure… … .,0,0 Tint » t, r-• -■.......^r ..ondon W I. )tudies ID UrnaiDeDtal l^i6ure\Vork The Element of the Grotesque. 203 You can see in Holbeins work (Plate 103),how every line and every pose was dictatedby considerations of ornament, for all the dra-matic intention he managed often to combinewith it. It…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
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